History of Rock: Chapter 6
Which guitarist and songwriter worked with the Chicago-based group the Impressions?
Curtis Mayfield
Motown Records was founded in what city?
Detroit, MI
What recording studio, owned and operated by Rick Hall, was located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama?
Fame
What was Motown's studio called?
Hitsville USA
Which songwriting team produced a string of hits for Motown between 1963 and 1967?
Holland Doizer Holland
The Flames were the backing group for
James Brown
Which artist had a chart hit with "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud" in 1968?
James Brown
Which artist started his career singing doo-wop and performing as a stand-in for Little Richard?
James Brown
Which Atlantic Records executive and producer played an important role in developing southern soul music in the 1960s?
Jerry Wexler
Stax Records is located in
Memphis
Maxine Powell ran a finishing school for artists signed to which record label?
Motown
The Funk Brothers were the studio band at
Motown
The Temptations recorded for
Motown
All of the following artists were signed to Motown Records in the 1960s, EXCEPT
Otis Redding
Who wrote the song "Respect"?
Otis Redding
What songwriting team wrote hits for many of Stax's recording artists?
Porter and Hayes
Which vocal duo was loaned by Atlantic Records to Stax, where they recorded "You Don't Know Like I Know" and "Hold On, I'm Comin' "?
Sam and Dave
Which lead singer of the group the Miracles took on many songwriting and production duties at Motown Records?
Smokey Robinson
Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton formed which record label?
Stax
Which artist, blind from birth, had a surprise number-one hit at the age of thirteen with "Fingertips, pt. 2"?
Stevie Wonder
Which successful vocal group was formed by Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard in Detroit in 1959?
The Supremes
The song "Baby Love," made famous by the Supremes, is in what form?
The simple verse
The distinctive sound of Stax recordings, heard in records such as "In the Midnight Hour," was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
orchestral strings
Aretha Franklin's father was a
prominent clergyman.
Vee-Jay released records by
the Beatles and the Four Seasons
After producing her first records for Columbia, Aretha Franklin was signed by what label in 1966
Atlantic
Stax Records licensed music to what larger company in the 1960s?
Atlantic
Who was the founder of Motown Records?
Berry Gordy Jr.
What was the name of the studio band at Stax?
Booker T. and the MGs
Which Chicago-based label, known for its electric blues and rock and roll records in the 1950s, was still active in producing black pop in the 1960s?
Chess
